diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index af6aceaa02a3..4827f886511a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 9fc397fc0878c9540af20cbffc4d546541fe8b23
+refs/heads/master: cced5041ed5a2d1352186510944b0ddfbdbe4c0b
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_2/sym_glue.c b/trunk/drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_2/sym_glue.c
index b4543f575f46..36d1ed7817eb 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_2/sym_glue.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_2/sym_glue.c
@@ -839,6 +839,10 @@ static void sym53c8xx_slave_destroy(struct scsi_device *sdev)
 	struct sym_lcb *lp = sym_lp(tp, sdev->lun);
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	/* if slave_alloc returned before allocating a sym_lcb, return */
+	if (!lp)
+		return;
+
 	spin_lock_irqsave(np->s.host->host_lock, flags);
 
 	if (lp->busy_itlq || lp->busy_itl) {